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Old 11-13-2006, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Danzig188
i suppose it's so difficult to find any completely free of drugs, he's doing the best he can with what he has to work with.
as for unraced, there are many reasons horses don't race. conformation issues, injuries, illness, or they're just plain too slow.
i remember reading a write up on a good broodmare, she dropped some nice runners, but her poor conformation was felt to be too much of a detriment to racing. a gamble as far as breeding her, but her foals all did fine.
I just find the argument that its bad for the breed for the stallion to be "artificially enhanced" while the mare, who is 1/2 of the equation, can be a complete slowpoke silly.
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